In Memory
Elsie Clapp Hansen Faught
- Birth
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McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA
- Death
- 30 May 2011 (aged 82)
Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
- Burial
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Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado
Elsie Asten Clapp-Hansen-Faught, 83, of Fort Collins passed away on May 30, 2011 after an 18-year management of Parkinson's disease. Elsie was born on September 29, 1928 in McCook, Neb. where she attended High School and graduated with honors in 1946. She attended Monticello College in Alton, Ill. and then transferred to the University of Nebraska in 1947. While attending the University of Nebraska, she was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society and Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority; and completed an international student exchange program at the National University of Mexico in Mexico City. Elsie graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1951 with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and a minor in Spanish. After graduation, she worked as a flight attendant for Frontier Airlines in Denver and then at Denver General Hospital, CO.
She married Richard Ray Hansen, M.D. at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in McCook, Neb. in 1952. Dr. Hansen enlisted in the USAF as a medical officer, during which service Elsie gave birth to surviving children, Richard Ray Hansen II, in Hawaii and Thomas (Tod) R. Hansen in Bangor, Maine (both currently in Fort Collins).
After military service, two additional surviving children, Trish Hansen Tanner (Fort Collins) and James C. Hansen (Steamboat Springs) were born in Denver, Colo. while Dr. Hansen completed residency training (1958-1960) in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Elsie and her family re-located to Fort Collins, Colo. in 1960 where Dr. Hansen started his medical practice. Both Elsie and Dr. Hansen developed an interest in Limousin Cattle in the 1970s. Dr. Hansen passed away in an airplane accident in 1982. Elsie re-married in 1989 to Thomas Faught and then re-located to Oakridge, Oregon where Thomas was head of logging operations for Pope and Talbot Logging Company. Following the death of Thomas Faught in 1992, Elsie moved to Steamboat Springs, Colorado. In 1993, Elsie was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and then moved back to Fort Collins in 2001 to receive specialized medical care. For the last 18 years, Elsie has managed her condition which she "affectionately" named "Burt" with the support of her family.
She was preceded in death by her father, Hiram Cornell Clapp; mother, Bertha Asten Clapp; and sister, Patricia Ruth Shepherd.
Elsie also is survived by her brother, Hiram Cornell Clapp II (Flagler Beach, Florida); eleven grandchildren; and her stepson, Neil Faught (Oakridge, Ore.).
Reverend Dr. Harold R. Warren will preside over burial services at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 2000 Stover St, Fort Collins on Monday, June 6, 2011 at 11:00 a.m.
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